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S for Victory! Stopper Story
I was intrigued by a Blanton’s Bourbon bottle with stopper that I saw at Main Street Art & Antiques recently so I did a little research. I learned that a series of 8 bottle stoppers has been produced in a nod to Blanton’s Kentucky heritage. Each of the 8 stoppers depicts a race horse and jockey in various stages of a race. Each contains a letter (B-L-A-N-T-O-N-S). I was quite charmed by the story (click link above if you are interested. Image above borrowed from same site) and took myself back down to the shop to select one of the three available. Just had to bring home S for victory!
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This Wednesday’s dinner cruise features Chef Matt O’Neil of Ledger in Salem!
Seaport Friends – did you attend Chefs at Sea this past Wednesday? If not, you haven’t missed you chance! Get your tickets for this Wednesday’s dinner cruise featuring the North Shore’s own Chef Matt O’Neil of Ledger in Salem! Visit chefsatseaboston.com to get your tickets today! #chefsatseaboston
@Nichole Wadsworth Schrafft
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Sawyer Free Library 7/16-7/21
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MORGAN FAUDLS PIKE’S GREAT RED FOX CAPTURE!
Gloucester sculptor and designer Morgan Faulds Pike’s arrestingly beautiful works of art are often inspired by the wildlife and wild habitats of Cape Ann. I love her description of a Red Fox she recently spied. Go here to Morgan’s website to see a collection of her stunning sculptures, carvings for pipe organs, and drawings. And of course, you can always visit her “Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Memorial” on the boulevard.
Thanks so much to Morgan for sharing!!
Hello Kim,
Heading home Tuesday from an early morning run around the quarries, I saw this fox cross Granite Street toward the Tool Company. She munched on something under a bush in the empty lot while crows, and later mockingbirds, harassed her. I got out of the car and watched her calmly cross at the crosswalk, then head up Curtis street on the sidewalk. A beautiful animal with ink dipped feet and ears and a white tipped fat fur tail. Sorry it’s only iPhone resolution…
Morgan Faulds Pike
Red Fox are so elusive. We used to see them all the time in East Gloucester, especially on the backshore beaches, scavenging early, early in the morning. I see them now much more frequently in West Gloucester (and Gray Fox, too) and Joey recently saw one trotting along in East Gloucester, after years of no sightings.
I read that where you have a greater concentration of Eastern Coyotes there will be fewer Red Fox. I also read that because of habitat competition from the Eastern Coyote, they are now denning closer to people’s homes as these sites are deemed safer from coyotes. Coyotes typically sleep out in the open and don’t usually make a den, unless it’s pupping season, and then they may use a fox’s den.
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Beautiful blue ocean, blue sky
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Beautiful Night for a Downtown Block Party!!!
Come on down to Main Street. Gloucester, MA and have some fun, were having a party. Lights, Camera, Action!!!
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Generous Gardeners Garden Tour
This years garden tour took place in Lanesville and was a treat for one and all. A huge Thank You to both the Generous Gardeners and to the home owners that allowed us to visit their homes to see their gardens and wonderful views.
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Island life…
Spent a few hours last night on the sandbar decompressing from the week How every Friday night should be!
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Back Shore Rock Art
Someone is getting artsy on the Back Shore
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The Day Before The World Cup Final And It’s The Fifth Topic On PTI
I love watching soccer but I guess you have to recognize that the US overall does not respect the game the way the rest of the world does.
The final is tomorrow!
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Lavender Lemonade ~
Love lemonade and lavender? Experience headaches and/or anxiety? Try our favorite summer go to drink…Lavender Lemonade!
Lavender Lemonade is a fragrant, refreshing, and beautiful drink.
Lemonade is so refreshing as is, and it’s actually so easy to make at home. You can prepare this easy lemonade recipe any time, and it’s so good all summer long. Just add in a bit of lavender essential oil to to give it an extra kick of color and flavor.
Ingredients:
• 3 organic lemons
• 7 cups water
• 1 drop organic lavender essential oil
• ¾ cup organic raw agave
• Handful ice cubes (as needed)
• Optional: lemon slices for garnish
Directions:
Juice the lemons into a pitcher
Add the water, lavender and agave
Stir well to mix, then add ice and serve!
*optional: add in some grated ginger and garnish with mint leaves.
Stop by Whole Foods…
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Downtown Gloucester Block Party Is Tonight!
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Sea gull steals wallet / bag – recovery from roof top
A seagull snatched a wallet / bag from young couple on Friday the 13th on Main Street at about 9:00 PM. Fortunately a crew was setup lights for Saturday Block Party. The crew recovered the bag / wallet from the roof top for the young couple.
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On a scale from 1-10 how blasphemous is it that the woman I’m about to marry made a #lobster roll like this…
Thankfully she hasn’t forgot how to hammer out a perfect lobster roll (or two).
Here’s mine-
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STUNNING WORKS ON PAPER BY JEFF WEAVER AT THE NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION
Very much looking forward to seeing this solo show by our local American Realist master Jeff Weaver!
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LEN BURGESS DAYLILY PHOTOS
Len Burgess shares some recent flora photos. 
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A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT THE ANNISQUAM VILLAGE CHURCH
Annisquam Village Church
2018 Concert Series
Sunday, July 22, at 8 PM
A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Offered during the centennial of his birth, this program is a tribute to one of Massachusetts’ greatest composers, the controversial international legend Leonard Bernstein. Like other programs under the artistic direction of Beverly Soll, it adopts a trademark informality and direct communication with the audience as it explores the essence of the man and his music.
Because Bernstein himself made no distinction between art songs, operatic solos, and pieces for the Broadway stage, the performers won’t either, weaving together favorites from the vast repertoire of Bernstein’s music theatre, operatic, and art songs. Bernstein famously said in one of his first Young People’s Concerts, “Music is never about anything. … Music just is.” In this spirit, the recital opens with the first music he composed for voice and piano in which the 25-year-old composer proclaims, “I hate music, but I like to sing,” and goes on to complain about “the big, dark hall where people really don’t want to be at all.”
The program follows the wild comet ride of Bernstein’s life exploring his concerns and thoughts about social consciousness, love, and politics in songs from West Side Story, Candide, Trouble in Tahiti, and On the Town, and finally about religion, closing with the words of the street priest in Mass, “Sing God a simple song … for God is the simplest of all.” In a 1950s “This I Believe” NPR radio broadcast essay, Bernstein said, “I believe in people. I feel, love, need and respect people above all else.” His music reflects this incredible honesty and a search for a better society.
Performers are soprano Tiffany Baxter, mezzo soprano Angela Jajko, and baritone Mark Morgan, with artistic director Beverly Soll and husband Andrew Soll at the piano, all of whom are active professional musicians well known on the North Shore and in the greater Boston area.
Tiffany Baxter, Angela Jajko, Mark Morgan, Andrew Soll & Beverly Soll
The concert features a brief guest appearance by Les jeunes émissaires de Jeanne d’Arc (young students and campers from the CAPE ANN ARTS ALIVE program) in a reprise of their pageant based on the creation of Anna Hyatt Huntington’s iconic equestrian statue of Joan of Arc. Bernstein’s incidental music for Jean Anouilh’s play, The Lark, marks a moment when the tide had turned for France under Joan’s banner and her ‘emissaries’ celebrate her victories. Sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington’s studio was on the causeway between Goose Cove and Lobster Cove, just footsteps away from the Village Church.
Settled in 1728 as the Third Parish of Cape Ann, the historic Annisquam Village Church offers ideal acoustics in an intimate, New England setting. Located at 820 Washington Street (corner of Leonard and Washington Streets), the church is 3 miles from Grant Circle)
Handicap accessible.
General admission: $20 at the door or in advance with Brown PaperTickets: https://tributetoleonardbernstein.brownpapertickets.com Students $15. (at the door only)
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And now the paved sidewalk around Burnham’s Field is complete
A few years ago, Burnham’s Field in central Gloucester was renovated and got a paved path put in around most of the field, among other improvements. It was great — kids learned to ride bikes on the path, seniors from Sheedy Park could do their daily walks around the field, big kids rode their scooters and bikes and skateboards.
There wasn’t enough money for the paved sidewalk to make a full circuit around the field, though, so it went three-quarters of the way around and then connected with a sidewalk outside the field. It was way better than before but not perfect – kids riding around the field were pushed out onto a narrow sidewalk along busy Burnham Street. Same with elderly walkers and parents pushing strollers.
That changed this week. Thanks to grant money from the city’s Community Preservation Act and the efforts of Mike Hale and the Department of Public Works, the paved sidewalk around Burnham’s Field inside the park is now complete.
City Councilors Melissa Cox and Ken Hecht helped make it happen. Thanks to all who pitched in to continue improving the largest green space and ball field in central Gloucester.
And people are loving it already.
Good Morning Gloucester 